Chapter XXXI. *for the temporary Relief of the poor and destitute People in the District of Columbia.* Feb. 18, 1869. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Unite d States of America in Congress assembled,* That the sum of thirty thousand Appropriation for the poor, &c. in the District o
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Chap. XXXI.— An Act *for the temporary Relief of the poor and destitute People in the District of Columbia.* Feb. 18, 1869. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Unite d States of America in Congress assembled,* That the sum of thirty thousand Appropriation for the poor, &c. in the District of Columbia. 1868, ch. 24. *Ante,* p. 41.dollars be, and the same is hereby, appropriated out of money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the temporary relief of the poor and destitute population in the District of Columbia, to be expended under the supervision and direction of the mayor of the city of Washington, the mayor of the city of Georgetown, and the president of the levy court of the District of Columbia.
SCHUYLER COLFAX, *Speaker of the House of Representatives.* B. F. WADE, *President of the Senate pro tempore.* Indorsed by the President: “Received February 6, 1869.” [Note by the Department of State.—The foregoing act having been presented to the President of the United States for his approval, and not having been returned by him to the house of Congress in which it originated within the time prescribed by the Constitution of the United States, has become a law without his approval.]